BlockCross Hill, South Carolina
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Cross Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29332. The Survey maps it on the Cross Hill quadrangle. 404 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 591 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresCross Hill fell from 601 to 404 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 601 | |
| 2010 | 507 | -94 (-16%) |
| 2020 | 404 | -103 (-20%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Cross Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Newberry quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
124 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Cross Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 582 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 20 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 49 |
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.2 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1998 | Natural | 40 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | NANALOO FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Cross Hill: 1 past producer, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Vermiculite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Hanna Mine | Vermiculite | Producer | Metamorphosed Igneous Intrusion | |
| Pinson #2 Mine | Vermiculite | Past Producer | Metamorphosed Igneous Intrusion | |
| Verenes Tract | Vermiculite | Unknown | Metamorphosed Igneous Intrusion |
Storms near this place
21 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cross Hill in 21 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 15 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 tornado, 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cross Hill | $70,000 | A small, but intense downburst affected the north side of the Cross Hill community. Damage began near the intersection of highways 72 and 39 and extended to the Puckett Ferry Rd and Liberty Springs Rd area. An unanchored mobile home was flipped and several other mobile homes were damaged. A shed was also flipped onto a carport. Numerous trees were also downed in the area. |
| May 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Cross Hill | $20,000 | A tornado path begin near the intersection of Amber Hill Cir and Watts Bridge Rd south of Cross Hill, where a few small trees were snapped off. The tornado moved east northeast to an RV park near the intersection of Watts Bridge and Morse Landing Rd. Two travel trailers were blown over and rolled 20-30 yards at this location. An outbuilding was destroyed and a mobile home received minor roof damage just south of the park. A few trees were snapped off in this area as well. The tornado appeared to lift as it crossed a hollow just east of Morse Landing Rd. However, additional damage to trees was observed on Barnett Rd. The tornado lifted near the intersection of Skippers Lodge Rd just north of Barnett Rd, where two large pine trees were uprooted. |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cross Hill | $10,000 | A house was reported to have received substantial damage. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cross Hill | $5,000 | County comms reported damage to the roof of a home on Amber Hill Circle. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cross Hill | - | County comms reported trees blown down on Anglers Haven Rd at Morse Landing Rd and another tree blocking a lane at the intersection of Barnett Rd and Morse Landing Rd. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cross Hill | - | A tree was blown down on Lakeshore Dr and another was blown down on Leamon St in Cross Hill. At least one other tree was blown down in the area. The wind was not directly associated with a thunderstorm in the county, but was the result of an outflow boundary from a storm complex over the Midlands. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cross Hill | - | A couple trees were blown down in Cross Hill. |
| March 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Cross Hill | - | An area of weak tornado damage was embedded within downburst damage near Lake Greenwood off Amber Hill Circle. Damage was mainly limited to several trees knocked down and some windows blown out of a home due to flying debris. However, some siding was stripped off a couple of homes. Parts of trees also fell on two homes. A pontoon boat was also tossed. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cross Hill | - | Trees were blown down on Whitten Rd. Also, a tree and several large limbs were blown down on Watts Bridge Rd. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cross Hill | - | Trees and power lines were blown down and shingles blown off the roof of a home on Anglers Haven Rd. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cross Hill | - | A tree was blown down on Barnett Rd near Skippers Lodge Rd and another was blown down on Pittman Landing Rd. |
| March 2008 | Hail | Cross Hill | - | Numerous other reports of penny size hail were also received. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cross Hill | - | Some trees were blown down on Ridgehill Rd. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cross Hill | - | A couple of trees were blown down near Lake Greenwood. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Cross Hill | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Cross Hill | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cross Hill | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cross Hill | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cross Hill | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cross Hill | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Lightning | Cross Hill | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harris Springs | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Pine Land Shores | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Greenwood | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Spring Grove (historical) | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| White Plains Crossroad | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Black Gate | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Mountville | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Waterloo | 5.2 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Cross Hill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2030963 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1247433. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.